Launching soon. StreamSnag 1.6 is not released yet, and Pro is not on sale yet.Launching soon. 1.6 is not released. Pro is not on sale.
StreamSnagThe downloader
Only here for the downloader?
Then that is all you need to install it for. It is free forever and open source, and nothing is held back to sell you Pro.
Also on this page: more than lectures · after you install it · Free and Pro, side by side
- US$0forever
- No limitson files or on streams
- No adsand no nagging to upgrade
- No accountnothing to sign up for
Video files
The file a page plays, saved at the quality you choose.
Streams
HLS and DASH, the kinds most lecture players use, put together into one download.
Whole course pages
A review step opens first: file names in course order, copies and previews left unticked. On a long page a row of squares shows what you already have.
PDFs and PowerPoint files
The slides and handouts a lesson links to, saved beside the video.
Captions as a transcript
A video's existing captions saved as text you can read and search, with times.
Converting
An MP3 of the sound, or a smaller copy of the video.
What it cannot save: protected (DRM) streams. StreamSnag says so plainly and does not try to get round the protection. Live broadcasts cannot be saved either.
More than lectures.
It is built for lectures, and it does the same things for other recordings that play in your browser, on a page you are allowed to save from.
Webinars
Save the recording from its replay page, with the slides or handouts the page links to.
Training recordings
Course and compliance videos behind your own login, saved in order with the names the page gives them.
Podcasts
Audio is found and saved too, named after the episode. An MP3 can also be made from a saved video.
Recorded talks
Conference and seminar recordings, with their captions saved as a transcript when the page has them.
With Pro, a saved recording that has captions, or that you transcribe on your computer, can be turned into a reading edition and a study pack in the same way as a lecture. Those tools were built for, and tested on, someone teaching, usually with slides: a conversation or a panel reads less tidily. Live broadcasts and protected video stay out, as above.
After you install it.
- Pin it to your toolbar. The icon shows a number when a page has videos.
- Open a lecture and press play. Many players only load the video once it starts.
- Click the StreamSnag icon. The lecture is at the top, under On this page, with one button.
The free core is published under the GNU General Public License, version 3, so the code that runs can be read. Source code.
Free and Pro, side by side.
Saving a lecture is free. Turning it into something you can study is Pro. Where a step uses an AI account, the row says so.
| What it does | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Save and keep | ||
| Find and save the videos on a page: files and streams | Included | Included |
| Download all, with a review step first | Included | Included |
| Files on the page: PDFs and PowerPoint files | Included | Included |
| Convert a download to an MP3 or a smaller copy | Included | Included |
| Save a video's existing captions as a transcript | Included | Included |
| Download limits, ads, nagging | None | None |
Everything above this line is freeEverything below it is Pro | ||
| Study | ||
| Reading edition: the whole lecture as a readable document, every paragraph linked to its minute (tidying the wording with your own AI is optional) No AI account | One lecture | Included |
| Transcription on your own computer, for lectures with no captions. No minute limits No AI account | One lecture | Included |
| Study pack: study guide, quiz, and flashcards with Anki export Uses your AI | One lecture | Included |
| Study page: slides lined up with the video and the transcript No AI account | Not included | Included |
| Slide matching for PowerPoint and PDF slides No AI account | Not included | Included |
| Review cards: your due flashcards from every lecture No AI account | Not included | Included |
| Automation after a download Your AI for the AI steps | Not included | Included |
| What you pay | ||
| To StreamSnag | US$0 | US$39.97 a year, US$4.99 a month, or US$99.95 once |
| To your AI provider, for the steps tagged “your AI” | Nothing needed | Nothing extra on a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have. A few cents to about US$1.50 a lecture with a pay-as-you-go key. Never to StreamSnag |
Saving is free, and Pro takes your first lecture from start to finish, free, with no card.